ALEC's not a lobbying group

[Scuba]

[rdharma]

1. Ain't that the truth!

The only way to put a stake through ALEC's heart is to get the "Citizens United" decision reversed.

Man, do I hate the Republican sock puppets in the US Supreme Court!

[BlueCaliDem]

3. And the only way to get Citizens United reversed

is to continue to passionately gotv, elect Democrats to the WH, the Senate, and the U.S. House until Scalia and Kennedy either retire out of their own or wait them out a la Rehnquist. We need to neuter Justice Roberts. That's the only way we can restore Section 4 of the VRA and smack down the CU decision while we are still allowed the right to vote.

[rdharma]

5. AMEN! And shame their members and supporters nt

[Gothmog]

2. This is a load of something

ALEC is really a lobbyist and should have to register.

[HereSince1628]

4. What people don't realize is that ALEC and it's partners are the shadow government

Corporations are people, among them ALEC and it's kin are the ruling class.

[rdharma]

6. Shaming ALEC's members helps.... but! ...... Prodigal Son Project/Jeffersonian Project

Prodigal Son: Broke ALEC Asks Sponsors to Please Come Home

by Abby Zimet

Even as the corporate lobbyists at ALEC meet in D.C. this week to hear from Cruz and Ryan and discuss how best to undermine democracy, The Guardian got its enterprising hands on internal documents charting ALEC's schemes, dreams and financial troubles. Since Trayvon Martin's impolitic death under Florida Stand-Your-Ground laws and the ensuing unpleasant publicity, ALEC has reportedly lost the support of almost 400 state legislators and over 60 corporations, resulting in a budget hole of over a third of its projected earnings. To make it up, ALEC wants to coax back corporate sponsors under a so-called Prodigal Son Project, in part by creating a sister group called the Jeffersonian Project that would help ALEC more smoothly avoid pesky legal and ethical challenges to its tax-exempt status - challenges increasingly raised when it does the kind of lobbying it's set up to do but which regardless it still swears it doesn't do. Explains a helpful letter from their lawyer Alan Dye, "Though we do not believe that any activity carried on by Alec is lobbying, the IRS could disagree."

http://www.commondreams.org/further/2013/12/05-1